The very old and the fairly new vie for your attention in this week’s jaunt.
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Visit the Wallace Collection
A haven of elegance and style behind the chaos of Oxford Street.
Change an old note at the Bank of England
Conduct business with the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
Visit London’s best ladies’ loos*
Next time you need the loo near Fleet Street, pop into this pub – in fact, go out of your way to see the loos.
Visit a museum after hours
No-one in their right mind would enter the Natural History Museum in the daytime, let alone the Science Museum, either during term time or – horrors – in the school holidays! But at night it’s a whole different story…
Visit the London Canal Museum
Take a walk along the canal to King’s Cross, then visit the London Canal Museum.
Watch a film at the Prince Charles Cinema
The last remaining independent cinema in the West End, the Prince Charles shows an eclectic range of films to suit all tastes.
Visit a cathedral for free
See inside the city’s most famous churches for nothing.
Visit Europe’s oldest surviving operating theatre
You’ll need a strong stomach and good legs for this one – climb a church tower and learn how Victorian operations were conducted.
Eat at Franco Manca
Once upon a time there was a teeny tiny pizza restaurant in Brixton Village. The pizza sold in this establishment…
Visit the London Sewing Machine Museum
Another of London’s tiny, quirky museums, created by someone with a love of – if not an obsession for – a particular kind of item.
Sit inside Trajan’s Column (without travelling to Rome)
If you were a rich young man in the 18th or 19th centuries, you would have had the opportunity to…
Enter the ballot to see the Trooping of the Colour
Buy or apply for tickets to see the Queen’s Birthday Parade.
Treat yourself to dinner in an old car showroom
Feeling the post-Christmas slump? Book yourself a tasty treat at The Wolseley.
Follow the National Gallery Nativity Trail
Follow a trail of paintings depicting the events around the birth of Christ
Visit Dennis Severs’ House
This is one of the oddest things to do in London, and I understand it’s even better over Christmas.
See the year’s best landscape photographs
Hidden in plain sight on Waterloo station is one of the best photography exhibitions of the year.
Start Christmas right – in a wonderful bookshop
A bit of advance warning for this one, so you can plan ahead.
Eat at the Breadline Cafe
Stop off for a bargain lunch at this surprisingly central ‘greasy spoon’ cafe.
Four things to see for Remembrance Day
Four installations/exhibitions to commemorate the ending of WWI 100 years ago this month.
